<body><div>Social Diary• BY: David Patrick Columbia and Lauren LawrenceThis week’s Society Dream comes from someone who has been famous, continuing to gather fame for more than a quarter-of-a-century, just for being Who She Is.I was first aware of Paris Hilton back in the late ’90s in Southampton in summertime when she and her sister Nicky, both then in their mid-teens, were getting a lot of notice locally for going out to nightclubs (the Southampton version) late at night.That simple act – because they were mid-teeners at the time – was the stuff of local summertime gossip. The implication was that such girls would be endangered, get in trouble, ruin their reputations by staying out so late in a nightclub for non-minors.Looking back on it three decades later, and considering that both sisters are now married and mothers, and leading fairly publicized but otherwise normal lives, demonstrates the innocence and character of the sisters. That early-on publicity came to them simply because of their famous last name due to their great-grandfather’s chain of hotels. Had they not had that famous last name, but instead were two mid-teen-age girls who “attended” a nightclub out in Southampton, mid-summer, you might never have heard of them in the first place.The daughters of Kathy and Rick Hilton, who were a very popular social couple in the community, nevertheless came into the public eye and have remained so a quarter-century later. Paris, the eldest, continues to gather public attention from her presence and her large body of work. Her younger sister Nicky has more of a social presence than her sister here in New York as well as in Europe, being married as she is to a Rothschild of the international banking family.I’ve never really gotten to know the sisters although I’ve known their parents going all the way back to those Southampton days. Their marriage is commendably solid and stable and successful – and naturally you can see that example for their daughters was very effective in the maturity of their famous daughters: solid.However, Paris’ dream that was expressed to Lauren is one that must resonate for many of us, as well as revealing a normal anxiety that has visited many, if not all of us, at one time(s) or another. Enjoy.SOCIETY DREAMS: Paris Hiltonby Lauren LawrenceThe Dream: When I was too young to drive I had this recurring dream where my sister and I took my parents’ car in San Francisco. I was driving and we were going up and down all these huge hills, and all these little puppies were in the backseat, and I was afraid that we would crash or hurt someone because I couldn’t stop the car, and I was also afraid that the police would come after us because I had no license. What does this mean? The Interpretation: Putting oneself in the driver’s seat of a car symbolizes the spunky, underage dreamer’s wish to take charge of her life, and to establish her own direction. One understands the wish to go places without restrictions and expose themselves to the dangers and risks, the ups and downs, the hilly terrain of growing up in the fast lane. Yet this wish is coupled with the need for containment, for the wish to remain small and dependent is expressed through the little puppies who take a backseat to the ebullient personality seated up front.Brought along for the ride, the puppies represent Paris’s wish to retain a part of her childhood sensibility. In this view, the dream is an ensemble of past and present: Paris and her puppies are on opposite sides but in the same car, and in the same lane.Not being able to stop the car reveals the dreamer’s ceaseless drive, but also her anxiety over where this will lead her. To the extent that Paris cannot break, she views herself as unbreakable or resilient. Yet, by fearing a crash, Paris is self-confrontational; there is recognition of the need to sometimes be stopped in one’s tracks to stay out of harm’s way.In another view, Paris’s dream proved prophetic: Years later she is stopped by police and imprisoned for driving without a license.Quite the dream ride, this.For private dream analysis, contact laurenlawrence@aol.com</div></body>

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Social Diary• BY: David Patrick Columbia and Lauren Lawrence. This week’s Society Dream comes from someone who has been famous, continuing to gather fame for more than a quarter-of-a-century, just for being Who She Is. I was first aware of Paris Hilton back in the late ’90s in...